Category: GWL Recommends

Aspergirls by Rudy Simone

Published on 3rd May, 2016 by Jessica S

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Aspergirls is a book on autism that is a valuable resource for aspie/autistic girls and women. The text signals the way modern research is slowly chipping away at the sexist […]

What I Read This Month: February

Published on 8th March, 2016 by Jenna Haskins

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Here at GWL we love to spread the word about great books we’ve been reading! Here are a few reviews of titles from our fiction and short story sections, written by one of our interns.

Bitch Planet volume 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick

Published on 27th January, 2016 by Jessica S

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Have you heard the name ‘Bitch Planet’ yet? If you haven’t then you will.Sometimes sci-fi portrays worlds and ideas which seem alien to us and not applicable in any way […]

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Published on 29th October, 2015 by Jessica S

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The character of Nimona in Noelle Stevenson’s web comic turned published graphic novel is an incredible character in an amazing challenging story. Nimona tells the story of the troubled Lord […]

Ms Marvel Volume 1 by G. Willow Wilson

Published on 29th October, 2015 by Jessica S

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Representation is a vital thing. It lets us know that we aren’t different or weird and it makes us know we aren’t alone. In the character of Ms. Marvel or […]

Fish+Chocolate by Kate Brown.

Published on 11th August, 2015 by Jessica S

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Fish+Chocolate is a graphic novel by Kate Brown which is published by Self Made Hero comics.It is a collection of three graphic stories which explore the anxiety, fear and grief […]

Black History Month at GWL

Published on 22nd October, 2014 by Natasha

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It’s Black History Month and here at the GWL we’ve got a display celebrating a range of writing by black women. You can enjoy the beautiful words of the late Maya […]

Instructions for a heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell

Published on 23rd June, 2014 by Gabrielle

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Our volunteer Jane Carmidy recommends Instruction for a heatwave: On reading the blurb I thought I had read this novel but I think I was confusing it with ‘The vanishing […]

All the truth that’s in me

Published on 8th May, 2014 by Wendy Kirk

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Anabel recommends: All the truth that’s in me by Julie Berry The place and time of this story for teenagers are never specified, but I’m guessing colonial era America. After […]

The Kashmir Shawl

Published on 3rd October, 2013 by Elaine Wallace

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Elaine recommends: The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas The discovery of her grandmother’s shawl amongst family belongings starts a quest, by Mair, to discover its history – which […]